Post by lloyd on Aug 24, 2011 9:15:38 GMT -5

Hi Dvg, You must have asbestos tongue to "taste" all those sauces directly. I find the iguana one to be hot enough! But you are quite correct in the difficulty of testing salt content by taste alone. The perception of saltiness depends probably on a lot of factors including your regular salt intake, other tastes in the sample, temperature, pH, texture, spiciness, how long and thoroughly you chew, fizziness and general physical/emotional state (your's, not the food). For instance, there is a local pizza place which has one pizza with a spicy italian meat, green olives and sun-dried tomatoes. I'd swear it doesn't taste that salty but afterward you know it is way too salty because you can't stop drinking water all night because you're so thirsty. Finally we just stopped getting that pizza although it tastes good.

Post by dvg on Sept 6, 2011 19:54:22 GMT -5

My s(care) package from the South arrived today in surprisingly good shape, considering the 2 week transit time.

Kevin, the Atlanta area grower, chose very fresh peppers for this box, which no doubt helped with the peppers getting here in such good shape.

I've already sampled three different yellow pods (Yellow Bouquet, Yellow 7Pod, Yellow Bhut Jolokia) and was surprised with how much and what different flavors these all had, with the yellow bhut jolokia being the hottest i've tried so far...and really enjoying the flavor and the heat off of that one.

Things will become much more serious with the Jonah 7Pod, Trinidad Scorpion Morouga, Brain Strain 7 Pod and Douglah...especially looking forward to trying the Douglah...

This is my first shot at eating fresh SuperHot pods, so this is quite the experience! Thanks Kevin!!!

Post by Farya on Sept 8, 2011 18:33:30 GMT -5

You all should try the world's hottest pepper: the Bhut Jolokia (meaning Ghost Pepper in Hindu) chilli pepper ;D These little nasties have been rated as the most spiciest (hottest) peppers in the Scoville scale at 855,000 heat units SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

Per Wikipedia article on Bhut Jolokia: 'In 2009, scientists at India's Defence Research and Development Organisation announced plans to use the peppers in hand grenades, as a non lethal way to flush out terrorists from their hideouts and to control rioters. It will also be developed into pepper spray as a self defense product.

R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (who also led a defense research laboratory in Assam), said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by potential victims against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs'.

Next time any of you guys decide to eat at Salad King (Thai restaraunt) and the waitress asks you how many chillies you want...say, "None, just a bhut jolokia please".

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Post by Farya on Sept 8, 2011 18:55:51 GMT -5

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Post by mabudon on Sept 8, 2011 20:33:01 GMT -5

Farya- the Butch Ts are in the package- there are also several Bhut Jolokias, including yellow and the original Assam. Trust me, that picture is of the hottest peppers on earth, which is why DVG and I have so much respect for them. I got some dried Bhuts a few weeks ago and they are really really hot and very tasty, but them ones in the box, some are twice that hot

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Post by dvg on Sept 9, 2011 0:11:36 GMT -5

Haha Cole, if you were referring to Caederus mexicana combustus, i've been fortunate to have avoided that scenario thus far with this box of Superhots.

But speaking of ass-blasters, the worst next day exit pain i've ever experienced came from a dried ground chile pepper powder mix dubbed 'Chocolate Thunder' by it's maker.

It seems i had placed a little too much of that CT on a baked potato one night, and thought i could tone down the heat by adding extra butter and sour cream to that said spud.

The strategy seemed to work, even though the mouth heat was just barely tolerable, and i thought i had dodged a bullet with that one, but each trip to the washroom the next day turned out to be a gripping white-knuckle affair of pure excruciating pain...

...which ended up teaching me even more respect for these spicy food additives.

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